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Board names Estancia Performing Arts Center; approves dual honor for Van Holt and Moranian
Summary
After extended public comment, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District board voted 6-0 to name the new Estancia High School performing-arts complex the Estancia Performing Arts Center — the Barbara Van Holt Theater with the Pauline Moranian Mainstage; trustees left a black-box space available for future naming.
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education on June 24 approved the naming of Estancia High School’s new performing-arts complex, adopting a substitute motion to designate the building the Estancia Performing Arts Center, with the main house named the Barbara Van Holt Theater and the principal stage named the Pauline Moranian Mainstage.
Why this matters: The decision responds to extensive alumni, community and student testimony that described decades of classroom mentorship and program-building at Estancia. Board policy 73-10 guided the ad hoc naming committee’s process and survey that preceded the recommendation.
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